Reading Notes

• Book Review: Introduction to Python for Science and Engineering

  software-engineeringAmmar Najjar · September 10, 2019 · 1 min read

  TL;DR A concise, practical introduction to Python for scientists and engineers covering NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib, and Pandas with hands-on Jupyter examples.

  - Author: David J. Pine

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• Book Review: Python Descriptors

  software-engineeringAmmar Najjar · September 2, 2019 · 1 min read

  TL;DR Explains Python's descriptor protocol with practical examples. Two parts: understanding built-in descriptors (property, classmethod, staticmethod) and building custom ones.

  - Author: Jacob Zimmerman

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• Book Review: Python Tricks, The Book

  software-engineeringAmmar Najjar · August 31, 2019 · 1 min read

  TL;DR A practical guide to writing more Pythonic code covering assert patterns, dunder methods, *args/**kwargs, data structures, and loop idioms.

  - Author: Dan Bader

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